The Giannis Antetokounmpo for Jaylen Brown trade rumors are everywhere right now, except on Brian Windhorst’s desk.
The veteran reporter thinks that JB won’t be going anywhere this offseason.
“I understand that there’s this sort of heat around Jaylen Brown and the Celtics,” he said on Brian Windhorst and the Hoop Collective podcast. “Brad Stevens is a cool customer. He doesn’t act rashly. He’s not responsive.
“I am not a believer that Brown is not going to be a Celtic at the start of the season. … I believe there’s a very good chance Jaylen Brown is staying put with Jayson Tatum. Now, other moves the Celtics might make, that’s a different story.”
He added, “Maybe someone has called on Jaylen Brown, but I haven’t heard one iota about Jaylen Brown being truly available.”
Tracy McGrady, Brown’s mentor, thinks that despite all the smoke, JB will remain in Boston beyond this summer and is hoping to see the Celtics back to their old selves.
“I’m looking forward to having them back together if they stay together, which I think they will,” McGrady said on Cousins with Vince Carter. “If they can figure it out – they figured it out a couple years ago – but to get back to what they were, I like what we’re gonna see out of Boston next year. J.T. is hungry. You know Jaylen Brown is going to be hungry.”
Windhorst, despite not buying into the hype, did have some interesting insight on Brown’s contract situation with Boston.
“I know that there’s a possibility Jaylen Brown is not going to finish his career as a Celtic. I know there’s a possibility that the Celtics don’t want to give him an extension this summer,” Windy said. “That could be a thing.”
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